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Current Futures: A Sci-fi Ocean Anthology ed. Ann VanderMeer (XPRIZE, June 8, 2019, online, oa)     Details taken from online listing. · Mother Ocean · Vandana Singh · ss; illustrated by Jing Jing Tsong · Talking in Pictures [Lena and the Octopus] · Sheila Finch · ss; illustrated by Christina Dill · Improvisations on an Ocean Call · Rochita Loenen-Ruiz · ss; illustrated by Ayelet Raziel · Repatriation · Nalo Hopkinson · ss; illustrated by Carolina Rodriguez Fuenmayor · Floating Rugs · Mohale Mashigo · ss; illustrated by Cornelia Li · Sea Maple · Marie Lu · ss; illustrated by Jazmen Richardson · Sturdy Lanterns and Ladders · Malka Older · ss; illustrated by Chiara Zarmati · Blue Lotus · Madeline Ashby · ss; illustrated by Daria Kirpach · Her Seal Skin Coat · Lauren Beukes · ss; illustrated by Nancy Liang · Haven · Karen Lord · ss; illustrated by Michela Buttignol · The Body Remembers · Kameron Hurley · ss; illustrated by Robin Eisenberg · The Little Shepherdess · Gwyneth Jones · ss; illustrated by Rosanna Tasker · Poems and Distant Lands · Gù Shì · ss; illustrated by Kirsten Zirngibi translated from the Chinese (“Weile shengming de shi he yuanfang”, 2020). · Soft Edges · Elizabeth Bear · ss; illustrated by Priscilla Kim · The Salt Dark · Deborah Biancotti · ss; illustrated by Andreea Dobrin Dinu · The Seething Sea Sufficeth Us · Catherynne M. Valente · ss; illustrated by Kaela Graham · To Have and to Hold · Brenda Peynado · ss; illustrated by Tracy J. Lee · Southern Residents · Brenda Cooper · ss; illustrated by Alyssa Winans

Fast Ships, Black Sails ed. Ann & Jeff VanderMeer (Night Shade Books, 2008, 978-1-59780-094-5, $14.95, 245pp, tp, oa, cover by Scott Altmann)     Original anthology of 18 stories of pirates from past to future. Authors include Naomi Novik, Kage Baker, Howard Waldrop, Michael Moorcock, and Garth Nix. Details taken from online listing. 1 · A Fascination with Pirates · Jeff & Ann VanderMeer · in 3 · Boojum [Boojumverse] · Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette · nv 19 · Castor on Troubled Waters [Castor Jenkins] · Rhys Hughes · ss 27 · I Begyn as I Mean to Go On [John James] · Kage Baker · nv 45 · Avast, Abaft! · Howard Waldrop · ss 53 · Elegy to Gabrielle, Patron Saint of Healers, Whores, and Righteous Thieves · Kelly Barnhill · nv 69 · Skillet and Saber · Justin Howe · ss 81 · The Nymph’s Child · Carrie Vaughn · ss 93 · 68° 07″ 15′ N, 31° 36″ 44′ W · Conrad Williams · ss 107 · Ironface · Michael Moorcock · ss 111 · Pirate Solutions · Katherine Sparrow · ss 123 · We Sleep on a Thousand Waves Beneath the Stars · Brendan Connell · ss 135 · Voyage of the Iguana · Steve Aylett · ss 151 · Pirates of the Suara Sea · David Freer & Eric Flint · ss 161 · A Cold Day in Hell · Paul Batteiger · ss 173 · The Adventures of Captain Black Heart Wentworth: A Nautical Tail · Rachel Swirsky · ss 185 · Araminta, or, The Wreck of the Amphidrake · Naomi Novik · ss 201 · The Whale Below · Jayme Lynn Blaschke · ss 217 · Beyond the Sea Gate of the Scholar-Pirates of Sarsköe [Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz] · Garth Nix · nv 243 · Author Notes · [uncredited] · ms

Last Drink Bird Head: Flash Fiction for Charity ed. Ann & Jeff VanderMeer (The Ministry of Whimsy Press, November 2009, 978-1-890464-12-7, $35.00, ii+157pp, hc, oa, cover by Scott Eagle)     Limited to 1,000 copies. Details taken from online listing. 6 · LDBH: No More Bird Masks! · Jeff VanderMeer · in 11 · Last Drink Bird Head · Daniel Abraham · ss 13 · Last Drink Bird Head · Michael Arnzen · ss 15 · Last Drink Bird Head · Steve Aylett · ss 16 · Last Drink Bird Head · K. J. Bishop · ss 22 · Last Drink Bird Head · Michael Bishop · ss 24 · Last Drink Bird Head · Desirina Boskovich · ss 26 · Last Drink Bird Head · Keith Brooke · ss 27 · Last Drink Bird Head · Jesse Bullington · ss 29 · Last Drink Bird Head · Richard Butner · ss 31 · Last Drink Bird Head · Catherine Cheek · ss 33 · Last Drink Bird Head · Matthew Cheney · ss 34 · Last Drink Bird Head · Michael Cisco · ss 36 · Last Drink Bird Head · Gio Clairval · ss 38 · Last Drink Bird Head · Alan M. Clark · ss 39 · Last Drink Bird Head · Brendan Connell · ss 40 · Last Drink Bird Head · Paul Di Filippo · ss 41 · Last Drink Bird Head · Stephen R. Donaldson · ss 42 · Last Drink Bird Head · Rikki Ducornet · ss 43 · Last Drink Bird Head · Clare Dudman · ss 45 · Last Drink Bird Head · Hal Duncan · ss; illustrated by Scott Eagle 48 · Last Drink Bird Head · Brian Evenson · ss 48 · Last Drink Bird Head · Eliot Fintushel · ss 50 · Last Drink Bird Head · Jeffrey Ford · ss 52 · Last Drink Bird Head · Richard Gehr · ss 54 · Last Drink Bird Head · Felix Gilman · ss 56 · Last Drink Bird Head · Jon Courtenay Grimwood · ss 58 · Last Drink Bird Head · Rhys Hughes · ss 60 · Last Drink Bird Head · Paul Jessup · ss 61 · Last Drink Bird Head · Antony Johnston · ss 63 · Last Drink Bird Head · John Kaiine · ss 65 · Last Drink Bird Head · Henry Kaiser · ss 66 · Last Drink Bird Head · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss 68 · Last Drink Bird Head · Tessa Kum · ss 70 · Last Drink Bird Head · Ellen Kushner · ss 71 · Last Drink Bird Head · Jay Lake · ss 73 · Last Drink Bird Head · Tanith Lee · vi 75 · Last Drink Bird Head · Stina Leicht · ss 77 · Last Drink Bird Head · Therese Littleton · ss 78 · Last Drink Bird Head · Beth Adele Long · ss 80 · Last Drink Bird Head · Dustin Long · ss 82 · Last Drink Bird Head · J. M. McDermott · ss 84 · Last Drink Bird Head · Nick Mamatas · ss 86 · Last Drink Bird Head · Sarah Monette · ss 88 · Last Drink Bird Head · Kari O’Connor · ss 89 · Last Drink Bird Head · Ben Peek · ss 94 · Last Drink Bird Head · Holly Phillips · ss 95 · Last Drink Bird Head · Louis Phillips · ss 98 · Last Drink Bird Head · Tim Pratt · ss 100 · Last Drink Bird Head · Cat Rambo · ss 101 · Last Drink Bird Head · Mark Rich · ss 102 · Last Drink Bird Head · Bruce Holland Rogers · ss 104 · Last Drink Bird Head · Nicholas Royle · ss 106 · Last Drink Bird Head · Eric Schaller · ss 109 · Last Drink Bird Head · Ekaterina Sedia · ss 110 · Last Drink Bird Head · Ramsey Shehadeh · ss 112 · Last Drink Bird Head · Peter Straub · ss 113 · Last Drink Bird Head · Victoria Strauss · ss 115 · Last Drink Bird Head · Michael Swanwick · ss 116 · Last Drink Bird Head · Mark Swartz · ss 117 · Last Drink Bird Head · Alan Swirsky · ss 118 · Last Drink Bird Head · Rachel Swirsky · ss 123 · Last Drink Bird Head · Sonya Taaffe · ss 124 · Last Drink Bird Head · Justin Taylor · ss 126 · Last Drink Bird Head · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss 127 · Last Drink Bird Head · Jeffrey Thomas · ss 129 · Last Drink Bird Head · Scott Thomas · ss 130 · Last Drink Bird Head · John Urbancik · ss 132 · Last Drink Bird Head · Genevieve Valentine · ss 135 · Last Drink Bird Head · Jeff VanderMeer · ss 136 · Last Drink Bird Head · Kim Westwood · ss 137 · Last Drink Bird Head · Leslie What · ss 139 · Last Drink Bird Head · Andrew Rhys White · ss 141 · Last Drink Bird Head · Conrad Williams · ss 143 · Last Drink Bird Head · Liz Williams · ss 144 · Last Drink Bird Head · Neil Williamson · ss 146 · Last Drink Bird Head · Caleb Wilson · ss 148 · Last Drink Bird Head · Gene Wolfe · ss 150 · Last Drink Bird Head · Jonathan Wood · ss 152 · Last Drink Bird Head · Marly Youmans · ss 155 · Last Drink Bird Head · Catherine Zeidler · ss

ODD? ed. Ann & Jeff VanderMeer--- see under Jeff VanderMeer.

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2013 Edition ed. Ann VanderMeer, Ellen Datlow, Claire Eddy, Melissa Frain, Liz Gorinsky, George R. R. Martin, Patrick Nielsen Hayden & Noa Wheeler--- see under Ellen Datlow.

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2014 Edition ed. Ann VanderMeer, Ellen Datlow, Carl Engle-Laird, Liz Gorinsky, David G. Hartwell, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Peter Joseph, Marco Palmieri & Paul Stevens--- see under Ellen Datlow.

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2015 Edition ed. Ann VanderMeer, Ellen Datlow, Claire Eddy, Carl Engle-Laird, David G. Hartwell, Beth Meacham, Patrick Nielsen Hayden & Marco Palmieri--- see under Ellen Datlow.

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2016 Edition ed. Ann VanderMeer, Ellen Datlow, Carl Engle-Laird, Liz Gorinsky, Justin Landon, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Diana Pho & Miriam Weinberg--- see under Ellen Datlow.

Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded ed. Ann & Jeff VanderMeer (Tachyon Publications, November 15, 2010, 978-1-61696-001-8, $14.95, 425pp, tp, an, cover by Dan Jones)     Anthology of 23 steampunk stories (four original and one a new translation), two essays, and a roundtable interview on the future of Steampunk. Authors include William Gibson, Jeffrey Ford, and Cherie Priest. Details taken from online listing. 9 · What Is Steampunk? · Jeff & Ann VanderMeer · in 17 · The Gernsback Continuum · William Gibson · ss Universe 11 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1981 27 · Great Breakthroughs in Darkness (being, early entries from The Secret Encyclopaedia of Photography) · Marc Laidlaw · ss New Worlds 2 ed. David S. Garnett, Gollancz, 1992 42 · Dr. Lash Remembers · Jeffrey Ford · ss 50 · The Unblinking Eye · Stephen Baxter · ss Other Earths ed. Nick Gevers & Jay Lake, DAW, 2009 66 · The Steam Dancer (1896) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy ed. William Schafer, Subterranean Press, 2008 77 · The Cast-Iron Kid · Andrew Knighton · ss 83 · Machine Maid · Margo Lanagan · nv Extraordinary Engines: The Definitive Steampunk Anthology ed. Nick Gevers, Solaris, 2008 102 · The Unbecoming of Virgil Smythe · Ramsey Shehadeh · nv 124 · The Mechanical Aviary of Emperor Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar · Shweta Narayan · ss Shimmer #11, 2009 133 · O One [Celestial Empire] · Chris Roberson · ss Live Without a Net ed. Lou Anders, Roc, 2003 147 · Wild Copper · Samantha Henderson · ss Lone Star Stories #15, June 2006 167 · The Bold Explorer in the Place Beyond [Clockies] · David Erik Nelson · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2010 175 · Lost Pages from the Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana · Jess Nevins · ss 181 · Tanglefoot [Clockwork Century] · Cherie Priest · nv Subterranean (online) Fall 2008 208 · A Serpent in the Gears · Margaret Ronald · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #34, January 14 2010 224 · The Strange Case of Mr. Salad Monday · G. D. Falksen · nv Tor.com October 20 2009 250 · The Persecution Machine · Tanith Lee · ss Weird Tales Spring 1994 264 · Balfour and Meriwether in the Adventure of the Emperor’s Vengeance [Balfour and Meriwether] · Daniel Abraham · nv Enemy of the Good ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2009 284 · As Recorded on Brass Cylinders: Adagio for Two Dancers · James L. Grant & Lisa Mantchev · ss Weird Tales Spring 2010 305 · Flying Fish Prometheus (A Fantasy of the Future) · Vilhelm Bergsøe; translated by Dwight R. Decker · nv translated from the Danish (“Erindringen fra en Reise med Flyvefisken ”Prometheus“”, 1870). 332 · The Anachronist’s Cookbook · Catherynne M. Valente · ss 343 · Lovelace & Babbage: Origins, with Salamander · Sydney Padua · ss 357 · A Secret History of Steampunk · The Mecha-Ostrich · nv 399 · Which Is Mightier, the Pen or the Parasol? · Gail Carriger · ar 404 · At the Intersection of Technology and Romance · Jake Von Slatt · ar 409 · The Future of Steampunk: A Roundtable Interview · Various · iv

Steampunk Revolution ed. Ann VanderMeer (Tachyon Publications, December 2012, 978-1-61696-086-5, $15.95, 429pp, tp, an, cover by Dan Jones)     Anthology of 27 steampunk stories (three original), and four essays (three original). Given as “Steampunk III: Steampunk Revolution” on the cover (only). Details taken from online listing. 9 · Introduction · Ann VanderMeer · in 15 · Harry and Marlowe and the Talisman of the Cult of Egil [Harry and Marlowe] · Carrie Vaughn · ss Lightspeed #21, February 2012 31 · Addison Howell and the Clockroach [Thackery T. Lambshead] · Cherie Priest · ss The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities ed. Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, Harper Voyager US, 2011 37 · On Wooden Wings · Paolo Chikiamco · ss Philippine Speculative Fiction, Volume 6 ed. Nikki Alfar & Kate Osias, Kestrel, 2011 55 · Sir Ranulph Wykeham-Rackham, GBE, a.k.a. Roboticus the All-Knowing [Thackery T. Lambshead] · Lev Grossman · ss The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities ed. Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, Harper Voyager US, 2011 63 · The Heart Is the Matter · Malissa Kent · ss 77 · Mother Is a Machine · Catherynne M. Valente · ss Jabberwocky ed. Sean Wallace, Prime Books, 2005 81 · Possession · Ben Peek · ss Fantasy Magazine (online) #8, November 2007 97 · Beatrice · Karin Tidbeck · ss Jagannath: Stories by Karin Tidbeck, Cheeky Frawg Books, 2012 translated from the Swedish (“Beatrice”, 2010). 105 · Arbeitskraft · Nick Mamatas · nv The Mammoth Book of Steampunk ed. Sean Wallace, Robinson, 2012 125 · Study, for Solo Piano · Genevieve Valentine · ss Fantasy Magazine (online) #50, May 2011 137 · Beside Calais · Samantha Henderson · ss Strange Horizons May 14 2012 153 · An Exhortation to Young Writers (Advice Tendered by Poor Mojo’s Giant Squid) · David Erik Nelson, Morgan Johnson & Fritz Swanson · ss 161 · A Handful of Rice · Vandana Singh · nv 185 · Fixing Hanover · Jeff VanderMeer · nv Extraordinary Engines: The Definitive Steampunk Anthology ed. Nick Gevers, Solaris, 2008 199 · Salvage · Margaret Ronald · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #77, September 8 2011 219 · Urban Drift · Andrew Knighton · ss Dark Horizons #56, March 2010 233 · Ascension · Leow Hui Min Annabeth · ss The Steampowered Globe ed. Maisarah Bte Abu Samah & Rosemary Lim, Two Trees, 2012 241 · Nowhere Fast · Christopher Rowe · nv Steampunk! ed. Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant, Walker, 2011 255 · The Effluent Engine · N. K. Jemisin · nv Steam-Powered: Lesbian Steampunk Stories ed. JoSelle Vanderhooft, Torquere Press, 2011 283 · To Follow the Waves · Amal El-Mohtar · ss Steam-Powered: Lesbian Steampunk Stories ed. JoSelle Vanderhooft, Torquere Press, 2011 297 · Captain Bell’s and the Sovereign State of Discordia · J. Y. Yang · ss The Steampowered Globe ed. Maisarah Bte Abu Samah & Rosemary Lim, Two Trees, 2012 317 · The Seventh Expression of the Robot General · Jeffrey Ford · ss Eclipse Two ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2008 325 · The Stoker Memorandum [Bookman] · Lavie Tidhar · nv Daily Science Fiction January 20 2012 343 · Smoke City · Christopher Barzak · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2011 355 · Goggles (c.1910) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss 367 · Peace in Our Time · Garth Nix · ss Steampunk! ed. Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant, Walker, 2011 377 · White Fungus · Bruce Sterling · ss Beyond: Short Stories on the Post-Contemporary #1, 2009 391 · Winding Down the House: Towards a Steampunk Without Steam · Amal El-Mohtar · ar 395 · Steampunk Shapes Our Future · Margaret Killjoy · ar 399 · From Airships of Imagination to Feet on the Ground · Jaymee Goh · ar 413 · The (R)Evolution of Steampunk · Austin Sirkin · ar